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The Ethics of Vulnerability and the Phenomenology of Interdependency

Élodie Boublil

Journal of the British Society for Phenomenology May 28, 2018 DOI: 10.1080/00071773.2018.1434952 (opens in new tab)

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Characteristics Theoretical or philosophical paper Peer reviewed
Topics Philosophy of mind
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Key points Butler argues that being injured provides a chance to reflect on the injury and to investigate the mechanisms that caused it, framing vulnerability as a site for critical inquiry into violence.

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In the preface of Precarious Life, the Powers of Mourning and Violence, Judith Butler writes: To be injured means that one has the chance to reflect upon injury, to find out the mechanisms of its d...

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